ARRC updates....

[dickita15]

unless there is a hidden story that I haven't heard that would explain how two cars could be an entire lap ahead of the rest of the ITS field[/b]

it looks like they are the only ones that did not get laped by the TCC corvetes

[ljracer]

Check out mplaps.com and you will see that ITS ran with TCC. The fastest TCC car won with a fast lap of 1.32. I would guess that the winner of TCC passed the third place ITS car on the 20th lap then crossed the finished line before passing 1st and 2nd in ITS. This would have allowed the 1st and 2nd place cars to complete their 20th laps while the race would have ended on lap 19 for the 3rd place racer.

Congrats to Greg Amy.

Kudos to Ruck and the Mosers!

Where is Colin Botha?

[Andy Bettencourt]

Where is Colin Botha?

[/b]

Car got wrecked in Pro IT qualifying. A shame.

[Tkczecheredflag]

Just spoke a very excited Greg Amy in Tech.
B Moser P-3
Kevin Ruck P-2
Greg Amy P-1

Congrats to Greg - The Northeast rules again.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Just spoke a very excited Greg Amy in Tech.
B Moser P-3
Kevin Ruck P-2
[size=7]Greg Amy P-1

Congrats to Greg - The Northeast rules again.

Tim,

Isn't it nice to know that 2 of the last three years ARRC winning ITA cars are in our Region? :P

Class: ITS

1 26 Robert Huffmaster 19 32:55.739 1:41.263 13 90.300 -
2 91 Kip Vansteenburg 19 32:57.546 1.807 1:41.417 13 90.162 -
3 61 Richard Walke 18 31:43.866 1 Lap 1:43.304 8 88.515 -
4 86 Kent Thompson 18 31:45.798 1.932 1:43.438 8 88.401 -
5 55 Bill Sulouff 18 31:46.426 2.560 1:43.692 7 88.184 -
6 5 Mauricio Montana 18 32:02.168 18.302 1:44.296 11 87.674 -
7 44 Chris Camadella 18 32:02.883 19.017 1:43.914 16 87.996 -

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Something to notice: RX-7, Miata, BMW, 944S and Corrado VR6 in the top 7. Holy crap!

[Banzai240]

Something to notice: RX-7, Miata, BMW, 944S and Corrado VR6 in the top 7. Holy crap!
[/b]

Andy,

I hadn't noticed that... thanks for pointing it out! Too bad the BMW guys couldn't see fit to show up and put their complaints to the test... Perhaps they were afraid that they'd provide some proof that the 27mm restrictor was the right call after all...

Great to see such a good mix of cars... Hopefully that provides incentive for may others out there to give it a go... IT Looks like it's heading strongly into the future!

Great work guys and congrats to those who participated...

[RickyBobby]

Andy,

I hadn't noticed that... thanks for pointing it out! Too bad the BMW guys couldn't see fit to show up and put their complaints to the test... Perhaps they were afraid that they'd provide some proof that the 27mm restrictor was the right call after all...
[/b]

Great attitude for the chairman of the ITAC. No agenda or bias here.

Great to see such a good mix of cars... Hopefully that provides incentive for may others out there to give it a go... IT Looks like it's heading strongly into the future! [/b]

Except for ITS. After the BMW debacle of this year nobody in there right mind would sink the kind of money into a car that we have seen in previous years. That's what IT social engineering brings, unintended consequences...

Funny, nobody is concerned that two different Mazda models walked away from the ITS field. Things are finally right in the ITS universe...

Great work guys and congrats to those who participated...
[/b]

Congratulations to all of the winners and participants!

Woo Hoo... Ricky!

[Banzai240]

Great attitude for the chairman of the ITAC. No agenda or bias here. [/b]

Last time I checked... I am not the chairman of the ITAC... I'm allowed to have any agenda I want now... And the fact that track records are still being set with restricted BMWs favors my opinion... Namely that once these guys figured out (WITH an EXTENSIVE amount of ITAC help, I will add...) how to install these things properely, they'll work just fine... and they do... It's the same opinion I've had, and supported, from the beginning, ITAC Chair or not... It's what happens when you can take an objective look at the topic...

Except for ITS. After the BMW debacle of this year nobody in there right mind would sink the kind of money into a car that we have seen in previous years. That's what IT social engineering brings, unintended consequences...[/b]

You're right... heaven forbid cars have to race on a level playing field or actually have to put money into BUILDING a race motor...

Have fun!

[lateapex911]

Great attitude for the chairman of the ITAC. No agenda or bias here.
Except for ITS. After the BMW debacle of this year nobody in there right mind would sink the kind of money into a car that we have seen in previous years. That's what IT social engineering brings, unintended consequences...

Funny, nobody is concerned that two different Mazda models walked away from the ITS field. Things are finally right in the ITS universe...
Congratulations to all of the winners and participants!

Woo Hoo... Ricky!
[/b]

Not going to take the bait....

.....except to say that right from the start of your post your facts show how well infomed and attentive you are. Or aren't.

[Tkczecheredflag]

Tim,

Isn't it nice to know that 2 of the last three years ARRC winning ITA cars are in our Region? :P


Andy - Indeed it is.
I hadn't noticed that you already posted Greg's win on the 1st page - there I go drafting your air again.

[Eagle7]

Just spoke a very excited Greg Amy in Tech.
B Moser P-3
Kevin Ruck P-2
[size=7]Greg Amy P-1

Congrats to Greg - The Northeast rules again.

Kudos to Greg. But not so fast on the Northeast rules talk. Great Lakes Division took 1st in ITS and 2nd and 3rd in ITA. :P

[jmp]

Congratulations to Trevor Degioanni and Scott Seck! Both cars running my 1st and 2nd generation accord headers! Very exciting.

Juston Poole
Original Metal Concepts

[Bill Miller]

WOOOO HOOO!! A big congrats to Greg!! Way to go buddy!!!

Congrats to all the other drivers as well, and yeah, quite a mix in the pointy end of the ITS field.

/edit/ Anybody know what happened to Jeff Lawton??

[lateapex911]

As noted above the ITS cars were grouped in a split start with the TCC Corvettes, which was an unhappy grouping. The winning Vette lapped most ITS cars, except the leaders, but the leading ITS cars were into Corvette traffic early. Corvette traffic played a role in the finish.


But, some quick points...Amy made the final lap in tech and keeps the trophy.

It's a cool event, and the track is awesome. I'm glad I dragged my underprepared rusty ass down here. Good to be back in the car, and back cruising around RA.

I'm sad that my car, an IT7, is in the ITA group, as the ITA race is a great one to watch, LOL

ITB was pretty close......but where have all the Volvos, 2002s and Golfs gone?? Chris Albin had SO much electrical trouble that he never turned a wheel and missed his first ARRC in, I think, 12 years.

Glad to see the VW in 2nd in the ITC array of Hondas.

And we got the races in before the skys opened. Can't wait to come back!

[jmark]

As noted above the ITS cars were grouped in a split start with the TCC Corvettes, which was an unhappy grouping. The winning Vette lapped most ITS cars, except the leaders, but the leading ITS cars were into Corvette traffic early. Corvette traffic played a role in the finish.
But, some quick points...Amy made the final lap in tech and keeps the trophy.

It's a cool event, and the track is awesome. I'm glad I dragged my underprepared rusty ass down here. Good to be back in the car, and back cruising around RA.

I'm sad that my car, an IT7, is in the ITA group, as the ITA race is a great one to watch, LOL

ITB was pretty close......but where have all the Volvos, 2002s and Golfs gone?? Chris Albin had SO much electrical trouble that he never turned a wheel and missed his first ARRC in, I think, 12 years.

Glad to see the VW in 2nd in the ITC array of Hondas.

And we got the races in before the skys opened. Can't wait to come back!
[/b]

The ITS cars running with the TCC Vettes was a joke. What were they thinking???? David Spillman was running a solid 3rd and got taken by one of the TCC cars damaging his quick 240Z.

[Butch Kummer]

The ITS cars running with the TCC Vettes was a joke. What were they thinking???? David Spillman was running a solid 3rd and got taken by one of the TCC cars damaging his quick 240Z.
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Just so this doesn't get lost, I'll be glad to debate this decision with anyone who ever had responsibility for putting over 300 cars into seven race groups in one day:

We had 27 ITS cars pre-registered in Group 5 (the smallest of the "normal" IT Groups) and over 60 cars in Group 6 (SPO, GTA, LMSC, ITO and TCC), 15 of which were TCC Corvettes. The stewards were considering having split qualifying sessions for Group 6 with each session being 15 minutes, but besides extending the day that also penalizes guys that towed over 800 miles one-way to be at the event. Moving the TCC cars into Group 5 created two groups of 40-45 cars with similar speed and size characteristics, and I fully support the Stewards decisions to do so.

As far as the TCC cars messing up the ITS race, the conditions were the same for everyone. Part of racing is dealing with traffic, some slower and some faster. Next year ITS will have to share the track with ITR (assuming that happens), so that class's days of being the stars of their own show are over - it just happened a year earlier than I thought it would. And even if it was an all ITS race in 2006, who's to say an ITS back-marker wouldn't have affected the eventual outcome either?

And don't tell me to "dis-invite" the non-IT cars because they are making up a larger percentage of the participation every year, they're paying the same entry fee as everyone else and deserve the same amount of track time for their money.

Congratulations to the winners, condolences to the non-winners and we hope to see y'all in 2007 (we've already begun the planning process)...

Butch Kummer
ARRC Committee Chairman
Atlanta Region Competition Director

[gran racing]

Originally when I heard how far many people travel to attend this event I thought they were crazy. Last year I decided to make the trek (~17 hour tow) and understood. Even though I didn't have my car this year, the event was a blast. I even learned why Joe is named "Crazy Joe". LOL

Greg and Matt, congratulations on your ITA win!! That was awesome. You just knew I'd have to throw this video up here.

Greg Wins ITA Video


Jake, congrats on your IT PRO race. Ha, Greg thinks he's cool since he won some silly amateur race.

[lateapex911]

Originally when I heard how far many people travel to attend this event I thought they were crazy. Last year I decided to make the trek (~17 hour tow) and understood. Even though I didn't have my car this year, the event was a blast. I even learned why Joe is named "Crazy Joe". LOL

Greg and Matt, congratulations on your ITA win!! That was awesome. You just knew I'd have to throw this video up here.

Greg Wins ITA Video
Jake, congrats on your IT PRO race. Ha, Greg thinks he's cool since he won some silly amateur race.
[/b]

GREAT video! Classic!!!!

Thanks Dave...yeah, my check for 1st place might actually cover the gas I used in the race... (But I thinkI'll frame that sucker, LOL)

[philstireservice]

Excellent news..... Greg Amy 1st place ITA at the ARRC 2006!!!...............Yessssssss !!!



Way to go buddy !!! Very happy for you Greg!!!




Kim and Phil

[OTLimit]

This is the first time that Chris has missed the ARRC race. He started racing in 1993 and did the last "thing" in Topeka (blanking on name of event right now), and has not missed an ARRC until this year. He is very frustrated right now; as I understand it, the car is dead in the water at this point and will have to be pushed into the trailer.

It's going to be a long winter.......